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Patricia Bryan oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Patricia Bryan conducted by Stephen Kulifay on February 20, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview Patricia Bryan discusses her education at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Northwestern and her move to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1947. Bryan also discusses her family’s involvement in the soda bottling industry and eventual involvement in real estate. She goes on to describe a wide range of topics including the first hotel properties in the city, the entertainers at the time, minority communities, the railroad, shopping, and housing. She also discusses the popularity of Las Vegas, with a focus on tourists and gaming. Digital audio and transcript available.
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Commercial Hotel flag mounted wall sign and wall sign and Monte-Carlo sign, Elko, Nevada: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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View of the Commercial Hotel and the Monte-Carlo bar during the day.
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Photograph of Roosevelt Toston as the KLAS-TV 8 reporter-cameraman, 1973
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Archival Collection
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Color photograph of Roosevelt Toston as the KLAS-TV 8 reporter/cameraman.
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Film negative of Arrowhead Motel, [1956]
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Black and white negative of Arrowhead Motel, circa 1956.
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Photographs of Rally at Frontier Strike, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1990s (folder 1 of 1)
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Archival Collection
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First image. From left, Jim Arnold, secretary-treasurer, Hattie Canty, president, and Donald "D." Taylor, strike leader and later secretary-treasurer, all of representing the Culinary Local 226, listen to Rep. John Lewis, D-GA.
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